Idris Elba Takes Fans Behind-the-Scenes of ‘Beast’ in Newly Released Trailer

Idris Elba and Universal Pictures will close out the summer season with one more summer thriller later this month.

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The British actor plays Dr. Nate Samuels, a father who takes his two daughters to South Africa in the new survival thriller Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur. The family is later pursued by a rogue lion in the wild, forcing the newly widowed Dr. Samuels to fight for the lives of his and his daughters. While this trip was intended to heal his strained relationship with his daughters, it has turned into a survival test for his bonds with his daughters.

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Elba takes fans on a behind-the-scenes look at filming, delving into the film’s meaning. According to Will Packer, “Beast is a story about a family that is in peril, that is in pain” and their limits are tested as the events of the South Africa trip unfold.

Beast hits tehaters on August 19.


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